A young angler with his first trout on a fly http://t.co/tFL8c6n6 # Our latest fishing report finds us all over the Smokies & tailwaters. It's prime time in East Tennessee! http://t.co/YPuPsyUf # It's a Speck. If you're not from the Smoky Mountains you might call it a native brook trout or brookie. http://t.co/PLgdfdTZ # Forest […]
Tailwater Fly Fishing on Fire in East Tennessee
We’ve waited a long time. In fact it was way back in the fall since fishing was much to talk about on the Clinch and Holston Rivers. Even then generation schedules were sketchy, but it’s on and in full effect now! TVA cut the flows back several weeks ago, but the bugs and fish have […]
Dropper Rigs Keep the Action Fast and Furious in the Smokies
Charity and Shrish Rane teamed up to get this photo a few days back on Little River. Charity held the leader and acted as art director, instructing Shrish on the best way to get this underwater photo. Shrish was excited for the opportunity to do some dry fly fishing since he doesn’t get to do […]
Quick Pic: Speck
“Speck” or native brook trout if you’re a Yankee…
Weekly Digest for 2012-04-08
A sure sign spring is here to stay: Morels in the Smoky Mountains http://t.co/Y2YmANZH # A cool real time map of wind in the US http://t.co/n4fpQeKm # From our fishing report: Sure signs of spring in East Tennessee and the Smoky Mountains http://t.co/RKiKTgfi # A wild rainbow trout goes back home in a stream off […]
Opportunities to Volunteer for Great Smoky Mountains National Park Fisheries
Here are a number of events going on this year in Great Smoky Mountains National Park where volunteers are needed. Most people don’t realize it, but much of what is accomplished in the park is done through the efforts of volunteers including trail maintenance, visitor relations, and fisheries management. TroutFest is an event organized by […]
Uncommon Photos from the Smokies
Okay, a photo of a brook trout and another of bears from the Smoky Mountains aren’t all that uncommon, but the circumstances around them are unusual. We take photos of brook trout all the time from April through October, but we don’t usually take photos of them where this one was caught. I guided Chris […]
Sure Signs of Spring
We have some undeniable signs of spring here in East Tennessee and the Great Smoky Mountains. From a fly fishing point of view the fish are rising in the Smokies and TVA has cut flows from the dams. We can finally fish the Clinch & Holston any day of the week. But there are […]
Weekly Digest for 2012-04-01
A Smoky Mountain rainbow trout seconds after release http://t.co/5GGxQV4X # A blog post sure to make Tenkara enthusiasts mess their cage http://t.co/Iam20hqR # Talk about snakes and wear these shoes to keep other anglers off of your favorite secret backcountry streams http://t.co/DAgxpWDd # Already excited about our September trip to TroutHunter. Great piece about their […]
Quick Pic: Tailwater Rainbow Trout on a Midge
Now that fly fishing on the Clinch, Holston, and other tailwaters is an option it’s time to dig out the small flies. We were a little disturbed today when some dimpling trout easily resisted a #18 Zebra Midge, but all of them took a #20. One of the beautiful mysteries of fly fishing: fish not […]
